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UN rights chief Volker Turk urges Iran to halt violence on protesters

Geneva – The UN rights chief urged Iran on Thursday to immediately halt violence against protesters, as countries debated... Read more

24 Nov, 2022

Bamako – Three soldiers with the UN peacekeeping force in northern Mali have been injured by a highway bomb,... Read more

23 Nov, 2022

Sharm el Sheikh – Almost from the start, Egypt came under fire over its handling of the UN COP27... Read more

21 Nov, 2022

Johannesburg – South Africa on Sunday hailed the historic United Nations deal on funding to aid vulnerable countries handle... Read more

20 Nov, 2022

Tunis – A prominent Algerian activist seeking asylum in Tunisia said he had been granted refugee status by the... Read more

20 Nov, 2022

Sharm el Sheikh – While negotiators at the UN climate meeting have haggled over policy on global warming, young... Read more

19 Nov, 2022

Lagos – A Nigerian soldier shot and killed a humanitarian worker, another soldier and wounded a UN pilot in... Read more

19 Nov, 2022

Cairo – Jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah was “near” to death behind bars, his family told AFP on... Read more

18 Nov, 2022

Sharm el Sheikh – The European Union on Wednesday said it would dedicate more than $1 billion in climate... Read more

17 Nov, 2022

Sharm el Sheikh – As COP27 delegates in Egypt debate planet-heating emissions, the climate crisis is exacerbating devastating hunger... Read more

17 Nov, 2022